Thread-guide.



F. B. WILDMAN (Q G. L. BALLARD.

THREAD GUIDE.

APPLICAHDN FILED MAR. 7.1913.

Patented Sept. 14, 191 5.

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To all whom it may. concern r Be it known that we, FRANK B. WILD A the United States and a subject of the King g or Great Britain, respectii ely, residing at Norristown Fenns lvania have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thread-Guides, of which. the following is av specification.

.Qur invention is designed to "provide simple form of 'thread guide which :will feed the' thread with accuracy and'certamty andone which is susceptible oi'adiustnient to suit the various conditions in use. The-invention consists-in the features and 1 combinationand arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. I

In the accompanyingdrawings Figure 1 gois'a side-view oft-a thread guide. embodying our invention, it being shown in its proper relation tothe knittingzmachine, Fig. 2 is a frontview, and Fig.3 is s plan'vievv of the invention in its. relation to the knitting niax z5-"chine. Fig. Al is a plan View of another form of guard plate, and Fig. 5 is an edge k viewof said plnte tha-t is. of the'edge adjacentthe needles. I I In these drawings lis the kni This mounted 7 upon a horizontal :arm 3. This arm is slotted at 4: and receives a screw 5 by which the arm. isheld to the post 6 fiazed to the horizontal. needle guard slate 7. This '"needles and, as shown in the drawings, the yarn from the guide eye passes down at an inclination and across the inner edge oi" the guard plate and into contact with the cyl-- inder needles in position to be taken hy the needle' hooksfl' Our and'guard will meet all conditions and character of Work. 'For instance in making tuck stitches in which the latches of the needles remain open to exert control on the yarn until it is taken "ting head 30 and 2 the guide eye for the thread.

eye is disposed with its axis vertica'l'andit preferably consists of a. procelain' piece plate 7 is alsoadjustable so thatthe whole or restraining hearing against said inner U r edge. By this construction. the yarn is and GEORGE 'LAWsoN BALLARD, a citizen of guided needles. It l positively an'divith certainty to the space between this inner edge of the guard plate and the needles Where it would be icaught, resulting in rupturing the yarn and .causing a press ofi. I

- The post 10 isudjustahly mounted. in the cam ring of the machine or it may be other- Wise supported but in any casewe' prefer to mountit adjustahly so that it may be turned for adgusting'the guard plate. In'the' par-- ticular construction shown it is held adjustahly by-a set screw 11;By looseningthis the post ins be turned and through the 'bracket't attached thereto; the pointfofsupport for the guard plate may be shifted. in a direction circumferentially of the needle J row and either forward or backward and by loosening the same time the connectionat 8- any desired position of the guard-plate" may he attained, that is, the plate' may be adjusted radially or circnmferential'ly in respect to the'needle row or bothadjustments may he secured, and further the "proper angular. position of the guard plate hirelat-ion to the needle row may be "attained.

needle row of c 'urseQresults -fro-in the eccentric relation of the connection 8 in reletion to the axis of the post 10(- f The thread is exposed in its course'from the thread eye to the needles. The guide eye is adjustable tdvarious' positions by' means 0i its slot and screw attachment and the device may be adjusted as a Whole in relation to the needles, and the-guide eye may be adjusted in relation. to the edge of the plate '3 and to the guiding projection thereon.

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' Our invention permits the adjustment of the guide eye and the needle guard, i. e., the plate 7 to be independently performed. That is, the guide eye may be maintained in one position while the guard plate may be adjusted, and conversely the guide eye can be set in difierent positions without adjusting the needle guard plate. Further, our guide presents, as above referred to, a free space between the where the needles take the thread offering no interference to the passage '95 knots or lumps between the guide eye an the needles, and thus the liability to rupture of the yarn is removed. Furthermore, the form of yarn carrier in general use has the disadvantage of contacting with the hooks 'of the cylinder needles, which wears and destroys the hooks long before theneedle is otherwise worn out. This disadvantage is not present in our construction. The dial needles, in practice being fed by the cylinder needles, lie at a relatively greater distance from the guard than the cylinder needles.

. The guard plate may be and is formed asshown in machines of the coarser gages we may construct it as shown in the other figures, wherein at its corner most distance from the guide eye it is provided with a guide 8' for the thread, consisting in the particular construction chosen to illustrate our invention of a projection extending up from the plate t. Preferably this projection is formed inte-.

preferably gral with the plate, simply being turned up :as indicated. The position of this projection and the edge of the plate 7 relative to the needles, is such that the thread is controlled up to the pointwhere cylinder needles "takes it, this being approximately at the point X. The dial needles work under the plate 7 while the cylinder needles work vertically at the .inner edge of the plate, as shown in Fig. 1.

\Ve claim:

1. In combination, a needle guard plate horizontally disposed at right angles to the fed needles and adjustably mounted to be set in different positions circumferentially of the needle row and toward and from the same, and a'guide eye adjustably mounted on and stantially as described.

2; In combination a needle guard plate horizontally disposed and adjustable toward and from the needle row and adjustable asto angular position in respect to the. needles and a guide eye located above the surface ofthe needle guard plate, and supported by said needle guard plate adjustably, said guard plate having a free space between its needle guide eye and the point Figs. 4: and 5, but for.

the corner of the plate locii't'ed above the guard plate, subacross said inner edge to the needles.

3. In combination, a needle guard plate, a post supporting the same and rotatably mounted, said post having a connection with the needle guard plate eccentric to its axis to shift the plate along the needle row, said guard plate being adjustable in rela tion to the post toward and from the nee dles, and a guide eveadjustably mounted on and above the needle guard plate, substantially as described. a

4:. In combination, a horizontal needle guard plate,.a rotatable post having a screw and slot. connection with the needle guard plate eccentrically arranged in relation to --the axis of the post, and a guide eye supsubstantially as de-- consisting of a horizontal needle guard plate adjustably mounted to'be set in proper relation to the needles and having an upwardly extending projection at one corner, an arm having a guide eye, a post extending up from the horizontal needle guard plate and upon which the arm is supported, and an adjustable connection between said arm and post, substantially as described, said guide eye being at the opposite side of the said horizontal needle guard plate from that upon which the projection is located.

7. In combination a needle guard plate disposed horizontally and adjustable toward and from the needle row, and adjustable also into different positions circumferentially in respect thereto, and a yarn guide eye mounted on the needle guard plate and adjustable toward and from the needle row and circumferentially in respect to the same and independently of the adjustment of the ,needle guard plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, we affix our sigma tures in presence of two witnesses,

FRANK ,BJWILDMAN. GEORGE LAWSON BALLABD.

Witnesses:

OWEN BALLARD, Enrrn G. FRICK. 

